Monday, May 13, 2024, 7:07 pm … Unknown furry feline felon … flagrantly flouting the “No Parking Any Time” sign … Is it time for a citizen’s arrest? … North from kitchen window …
Gomer Pyle’s “Citizen’s Arrest!” of Barney Fife – The Andy Griffith Show – 1963 …
Sunday, January 23, 2022, 11:18 am — Teeny Tuxedo … in the fog … sneaking up from behind the computer … “So … you’re looking up “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” … I think I’D be a purrfect feline for one of the episodes … not all those orange tabbies!” …
… After “Craig’s Will,” March 6, 1960, Alfred Hitchcock Presents … Hitch says that “after the humiliation he’s experienced he feels it is time for man to regain his superiority over animals. As he bids the audience good night he slowly approaches four tabby cats on stools … Final Mewsings: Man will never have superiority over cats.”
“The cats appear to be members of Frank Inn’s team of tabby cats known collectively as Orangey. This is a rare moment to see four members of the team appearing on screen at the same time!” — Cinema Cats, Jan. 26, 2021
Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 12:57 pm — Perkins … reflected in the Hollywood Glamour framed print … welcomes the February sun …
2.5 years ago … clear view of Hollywood Glamour … Dreaming Cats, Sept. 21, 2018 … silent film star, Gloria Swanson … with tiger … poster received as gift, 1987 … Buffalo Bill Museum poster from trip with Glynnis, Way Out West with Johnny Depp, August 2001 … it’s now back in Cody, Wyoming with Kitty M. … a happy library retirement gift when she moved, March 2019 …
Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 3:12 pm — Lawrence of Arabia, 1962 … winter afternoon sun, shadows …
… reflected in one of Mom’s 4 china cabinets …
Saturday, November 7, 2020, 12:18 am — Perkins … and awaaaay she goes! … sorting junior high, high school papers … from old cardboard box to sturdier plastic container …
… wonderful movie re-discoveries … pages from Mad Magazine, Oct. 1967, no. 114 …
… Mad’s “Late Show” Cliché Movie Script: The “Society” Movie, p. 42 … stars bordering the script: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Edward G. Robinson, Alice Faye, Shirley Temple, Betty Grable, John Wayne, Ginger Rogers, Errol Flynn, Rita Hayworth, Humphrey Bogart …
Look closely … the swirls between the drawings are names of other movie stars … a galaxy of ’em! ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 11:14 am — 1st hummingbird caught on camera at new feeder! … (put up on June 23) … deck window …
… arrow points to the end of its looong beak … combined with its looong tongue … can reach the sugar water … 1 cup water, 1/4 cup granulated sugar …
… sneak peek of tiny bit of its tongue …
2 days later … Thursday, August 6, 11:10 am … smidgen of its tongue … see videos below for complete view …
Thursday, August 6, 2020, 11:51 am — 1st videos …
Thursday, December 26, 2019, 3:26 pm — Day after Christmas sunshine … Lawrence of Arabia, 1962 … Winner of 7 Academy Awards … FAVORITE movie! …
Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 9:15 pm — This is becoming one of Perky’s favorite sleeping spots … Lawrence of Arabia is one of her favorite movies, too …
Saturday, May 4, 2019, 2:43 pm — Teeny … watching Teeny and the wire toy … photo editing with Snagit …
… 5:03 pm … Perky doubles her relaxing … in front of the computer … and on the deck window Kitty Sill …
… rearview mirror movie … Freckles, 1960 … Teeny Tuxedo looking through the deck blinds …
… two orangish redheads … Martin West … not-quite-awake Perkins …
Sunday, March 31, 2019, 1:11 am — Perkins … it’s after midnight …
… time for a hearty YAAAWN …
Saturday, February 9, 2019, 7:35 am — Teeny Tuxedo … snow! … early morning birds on the deck …
… 8:40 am … “feed the birds, tuppence a bag” …
Thursday, January 3, 2019, 2:01 am — Teeny Tuxedo … the five Christmas angels … over 60 years old … always at the top of the family tree … (on vintage Made in Finland … Didas Deken 100% Zuiver Wol (Dutch) … Didas blanket 100% pure wool) …
… 1955 … earliest photo found … Glenwood house, Vancouver, WA …
… 1962 … East Beaver Creek house … Tillamook, Oregon … Wendy …
Saturday, June 23, 2018, 5:27 pm — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … grooming on laundry day … First day Filmstruck/Criterion Collection 14-day free trial … Lawrence of Arabia, 1962, ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!, streaming on tv … surprised the camera picked up the sound so well … bringing Gasim back from the Nefud …
Saturday, May 19, 2018, 5:36 am — Last night’s raccoon was up early … ready to watch Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding on the telly … 5:36 am … the carriage ride from the church … but cousin cat, Moka, was vigilant … no wedding crashers allowed! …
Below … BBC … a relief not to hear yammering American commentators …
Before all that, the Investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales, July 1, 1969 … up close to the tv with my Craig reel-to-reel tape recorder (audio) … from my blog, Movies, Of Course! … pre-VCR days …
Saturday, September 9, 2017, 2:58 pm — On the way home from Kelso’s Highland Games, cousin L and I stopped at the Columbia Inn Restaurant, off I-5 in Kalama, Washington … Have passed this weather-worn sign for DECADES after the move from Tillamook to Olympia in 1963 …
On a return trip from Grandma and Grandpa’s Hockinson farm in the 60s, Mom mentioned … “Elvis ate here” … on his way to film It Happen at the World’s Fair in Seattle, September 4, 1962 … Actually, he called from the adjacent Columbia Inn Motel to order a room service breakfast.
Hidden behind the roses … “Famous Visitors to the Columbia Inn” … Elvis, Jack Benny …
Totem pole … gray Pacific Northwest afternoon … I-5, Columbia River to the left …
Interesting … but I wasn’t an Elvis fan … he was SO boring, in person, song and film … Jack Benny is MUCH more intriguing to a classic movies kid! … Have yet to discover when Jack was here …
To be fair … It Happened at the World’s Fair fair! … the historical / local / movie aspects are très intéressant …
A memento of the fair from cousin Marcie … she lived up there … we were Tillamook County kids … When I think of the coin, it’s always tied to the Columbus Day Storm, Oct. 12, 1962 … night, wind, camping out in the hall between the bedrooms, East Beaver Creek house, candles … Did I receive it that day? …
Saturday, November 26, 2016, 12:30 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … through the looking glass … Perkins snoozing at the window …
Dresser treasures … Scotty dog … autographed photo of Peter O’Toole, mailed Feb. 1966, Lawrence of Arabia … Wallace and Gromit “walkies” alarm clock … The Opposite of Cold: The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition book …
Sunday, January 10, 2016, 6:14 am — There’s no pleasing Perkins … not even Judy Garland can entice her to perk up … (The Judy Garland Show, 1963-1964 … now on GetTV)
Thursday, September 10, 2015, 12:13 am — Perk’s finely tuned orange tabby cat ears …
What’s she watching so intensely? … (Lawrence of Arabia poster in background … “Winner of 7 Academy Awards”) …
Hey, don’t bother me! … This is a cliffhanger scene between James Stewart and Ralph Meeker! … The Naked Spur, 1953 …
Perk knows comfy quality when she feels it … the woolen throw I got for Mom in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1993 … Perk’s taking advantage of its temporary location …
Saturday, July 18, 2015, 6:25 pm — Perkins thinks the tv series, Route 66 (1960-1964) is one cool show … But she’s such a cool cat, she doesn’t want George Maharis and Martin Milner to know the depth of her fandom …
She’s cool, she’s cool …
She’s super cool …
Saturday, February 14, 2015, 2:47 pm — Perk contemplates Aunt Nola’s 1964 oil painting … She sees two dogs … a rabbit … and … Can you see them? Click photo to enlarge …
Sunday, November 30, 2014, 11:00 am — Wonders of serendipity … Just as Zebra in the Kitchen, 1965, started on TCM in the bedroom …
… there was a zebra cat in the bedroom … Perkins … snoozing in the morning sun …
Monday, December 30, 2013, 2:45 am — Rear view mirror tv … Bachelor Father (1957-1962, John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, Sammee Tong) on AntennaTV … Perkins on the back of the computer chair …
… Then decides, nope, not her favorite show … No “Niece Kelly” for her!
Saturday, November 9, 2013, 3:10 pm – AntennaTV has great lunchtime programming for cats … 2:00-3:00, 2 episodes of The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, 1954-59, followed by 2 episodes of Flipper, 1964-67.
Below, Teeny hoovered up the remnants of Perk’s lunch of dry Wellness cat food … Hooray! The antibiotic is working! Perk can chew dry food like she used to … No pain med needed!
Perk settles in after lunch to watch Flipper …
Sunday, October 6, 2013, 9:00 pm — Perky with a cat’s eye view of “purple mountain’s majesty” … A picture I remember from the 17th Lane NE house (1964- )… if not before.
Friday, July 26, 2013, 7:34 pm — Teeny thinks my new Marimekko Pippurikerä … “pepper ball” … sheets are magnificently cool … Cat tested and approved!
The sage and “creamy white of Annika Rimala’s Pippurikerä (“pepper ball”) print complement one another as the symmetrical circles seem to fold in on themselves — weaving mesmerizing design with a crisp color palette. The deep fitted Marimekko sheet set features Rimala’s detailed 1963 print and is made from 100% cotton.”
Quote from FinnStyle, but I got the sheets from Marimekko U.S. this week. A major sale … 60% off … $43. Even with shipping, $13.50, it was $30 less than FinnStyle’s free shipping sale price.
Since visiting FinnStyle in Minneapolis last June [2012], have transitioned my basic old sheets to Marimekko sets. Supporting my Finnish heritage with Finnish design bed linens … “works of art”.
Love that the patterns I have are Marimekko (established 1951) classics:
“The Unikko pattern is Marimekko’s most iconic design. The splashy print came about after Armi Ratia announced that Marimekko did not manufacture floral prints. Maija Isola, always the trailblazer and rabble-rouser, designed Unikko as a protest against Ratia’s statement. The result was the bold, powerful and unapologetic flowers of Unikko. The print came out in 1964, disproving Ratia’s statement and ushering in a new era for Marimekko.
“Unikko is easily the most recognizable symbol of Marimekko and its popularity has not dwindled over the years. New color waves are created every year, continuing the legacy of Isola’s brilliant design.” — www.finnishdesign.com
“Marimekko is not about trendy fashion. We make timeless and lasting products, which, by chance, are often very fashionable.” — Marimekko – Unfold the Story
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 